See Also
1. Acute Pelvic Pain Causes
Causes: Gastrointestinal
1. Gall Bladder or Billiary Tract Disease
2. Hepatitis
3. Hepatic Abscess
4. Hepatomegaly due to Congestive Heart Failure
5. Peptic Ulcer
6. Pancreatitis
7. Retrocecal Appendicitis
Causes: Cardiopulmonary
1. Myocardial Ischemia
2. Pericarditis
3. Pneumonia
4. Empyema
Causes: Miscellaneous
1. Renal pain
2. Herpes Zoster
Evaluation
1. Colicky Abdominal Pain (e.g. Biliary Colic, Nephrolithiasis)
  1. Urinalysis
  2. Liver Function Tests
  3. Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Ultrasound
2. Urinary symptoms (e.g. Urinary Tract Infection, Nephrolithiasis)
  1. Urinalysis
  2. Consider abdominal CT without contrast (stone protocol)
3. Respiratory symptoms (e.g. Pneumonia, Pulmonary Embolism)
  1. Chest XRay
  2. Consider helical chest CT
Imaging: Preferred
1. Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Ultrasound

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